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Coffeeshop Revolutionary

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"Coffeeshop Revolutionary" by Time and Place. Recorded/mixed/mastered by Trevor Vaughan at The Colosseum in New Bedford, MA during Fall 2017.

Art by Louie Berceli.
www.louieberceli.com
instagram.com/louieberceli

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COFFEESHOP REVOLUTIONARY


so picture this -
i’m sitting on a green & black knit quilt in western mass.
a lot of white faces banking they graduate to the middle class.
the sun’s beating down.
there’s a debate about the dead kennedys.
there’s a liberal girl in earshot
chanting something she heard or read in a magazine.

there’s a sign. there’s a guy.
i’ve never seen so many frisbees in my entire life.
now the crowd is up at attention
for a guy quoting chomski verbatim.
oh, “we buy as we’re told.”
"we consume and react.”
but if che saw that shirt,
he’d rip the thing right off your back.

you say you want a change.
but i don’t see it that way.
how can you understand the world you rail against
when you haven't spent a day in it?

the movement ain’t dead.
as far as i can make out from a scene like this.
how many ivy league kids can truly be anarchists?
now jen wears a keffiyeh
she wonders why mohammed is staring at her.
is she part of the cause?
is she prejudiced?
no, she told me, “it just matches with my dress.”
you can't tell them they're wrong.
they'll say you don't have the right.
raised hands and soft fists
only talk of the fight.

you say you want a change.
but i don’t see it that way.
how can you understand the world you rail against
when you spend your days...

in the university
there’s a safe space
for those who can pay.
but i won’t play
your game of sticks and stones
to mask the privilege a white world made.

you say you want a change.
but i don’t see it that way.
how can you understand the world you rail against
when you haven't spent a day in it?

if we don't get this right, we lose.
and comrade, yes, i am talking to you.
because want doesn't get,
what the boomers forget.
you mortgage today for a tomorrow that doesn’t exist.
and yeah, i'm glad you're feeling the bern
from behind your white fence.
now it all starts to turn.
if there was a time, this is it
for the point that we missed.
the rebellion lost its meaning.
it's dead.
so why am i still singing
if no one's listening?

credits

released August 10, 2018
Mike Cashin - Drums
Ryan Coomey - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Meagan Day - Bass, Vocals
Jack Hawkins - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Brandon Rainville - Vocals, Lyrics

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